Champion Tia Corkish (2 wins, 180 points)
Challenger Nayomie Worth
DC: Susie Dent and Sir Ranulph Fiennes
RR: Rachel Riley
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01:MSNTUAOME
R02:RIGESJUSN
R03:VNHAEBAET
R04:DIGAWSIEH
R05:25 100 9 4 5 1 548
TTT:COLINPAT - Colin and Pat had this kind of relationship.
R06:DIQEUNRIE
R07:CTNOEGISO
R08:CAMOYPEAG
R09:MXPOEAFLU
R10:25 50 8 3 3 7 519
TTT:CHOSECAN - Chose a can of this soup in the Caribbean.
R11:KFTOAERTS
R12:RIDOTBEAI
R13:VTCUEPIRA
R14:100 25 1 8 1 2 635
R15:IRINGTHEM (conundrum)
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Round 1: MSNTUAOME
C1: AMOUNTS (7)
C2: AMOUNTS (7)
DC: SEAMOUNT (8)
Score: 7-7 (max 8)
Both players already have AMOUNTS of points.
Round 2: RIGESJUSN
C1: INJURES (7)
C2: SINGERS (7)
DC: RESIGNS REUSING (both 7)
OT: GUISERS INGRESS INSURES JESSING NURSIES SIGNERS SUNRISE (all 7)
Score: 14-14 (max 15)
Rather flat round here.
Round 3: VNHAEBAET
C1: BENEATH (7)
C2: BEHAVE (6)
DC: BEATEN (6)
Score: 21-14 (max 22)
Tia takes the lead with a darren.
Round 4: DIGAWSIEH
C1: WISHED (6)
C2: WASHED (6)
DC: WADIS (5) GASHED (6)
OT: AWEIGH GEISHA SIGHED SWAGED WEIGHS WIDISH (all 6)
Pancake #2 of the day.
Score: 27-20 (max 28)
Round 5: 25 100 9 4 5 1
548C1: 552.
C2: 548. ((100 + 9) x 5) + 4 – 1 (10)
Score: 27-30 (max 38)
Nayomie goes ahead with a numbers solve that’s easier than it looks.
TTT: COLINPAT
PLATONICRound 6: DIQEUNRIE
C1: ENQUIRED (8)
C2: ENQUIRED (8)
DC: QUERIED (7)
OT: INQUIRED (8)
Score: 35-38 (max 46)
Round 7: CTNOEGISO
C1: COOTIES (7)
C2: cognitoes
DC: COGITO (6) GENTOOS (7)
OT: SCOOTING (8)
Tia is given the lead again as cognitoes is not a word. The penguins make another appearance.
Score: 42-38 (max 54)
Round 8: CAMOYPEAG
C1: AGAPE (5)
C2: CAMEO (5)
DC: CAMPY (5) POMACE (6)
Score: 47-43 (max 60)
DC get the obscure darren here.
Round 9: MXPOEAFLU
C1: AMPLE (5)
C2: AMPLE (5)
DC: flumox AMPOULE (7)
Score: 52-48 (max 67)
FLUMMOX has 2 Ms, as Sir Ranulph finds out.
Round 10: 25 50 8 3 3 7
519C1: 518. Mistake in method.
C2: 517. ((7 + 3) x 50) + 25 – 8 (7)
RR: 519. (((25 x 3) - 8) x 7) + 50 (10)
Nayomie takes the lead by three points at the numbers game again.
Score: 52-55 (max 77)
TTT: CHOSECAN
SANCOCHERound 11: KFTOAERTS
C1: TOASTER (7)
C2: tasker
DC: TAKER (5) TAKERS (6)
OT: FORSAKE ROTATES (both 7)
You can’t be a tasker, but it would not have mattered anyway to either of them because Tia got a seven.
Score: 59-55 (max 84)
Round 12: RIDOTBEAI
C1: debitor
C2: boatier
DC: ABORTED (7) DIATRIBE (8)
Score: 59-55 (max 92)
Round 13: VTCUEPIRA
C1: CAPTURE (7)
C2: picture (declared as 6)
DC: PICTURE (7) PIRATE (6) CURATIVE (8)
Score: 66-55 (max 100)
Ouch, Nayomie declares her 7 as a 6!* However, she has proved better at numbers...
Round 14: 100 25 1 8 1 2
635C1: 643. Mistake in method.
C2: Nothing.
RR: 637. ((100 + 1 + 1) x (8 - 2)) + 25 (7)
Score: 66-55 (max 107)
TIA HAS WON!
Not even Rachel gets this exactly – unsolvable. Tia gets another victory for Team Apterous.
Conundrum: IRINGTHEM
No one buzzes. The answer was MITHERING.
Final Score: 66-55 (max 117)
Join Graeme on Monday for Tia’s potential half-octochamp game.
Score: 66-55
Raw: 66-61
RAUNSWC: 73-61
Maxes: 4-4
Further summaries are at:
Series 67 summary
Link to the spoiler thread
Wikicap
Mystery link
And it's 180 points, not 108.
